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Select "Network".
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Enter an IP address in the "IP Adress/Subnet Mask" field. The IP address format is
"IP/Subnet Mask". If you want to set multiple IP addresses, remember to separate
them with a comma ','.
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Enter the default gateway address in the "Default Gateway" field.
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Enter the DNS Server address in the "DNS Server" field. If you want to set multiple
addresses, remember to separate them with a comma ',' .
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The connection type is set to Ethernet by default, but can be of 2 types:
• "Ethernet", with a cable connected to the Data Sender
• "Wireless", in which case you must enter the ssid and password of the wireless network. The
wifi usb adapter model is "Digitus - internet 2t2r 300 Mbps usb wireless adapter". You have to
insert it on one of the usb port on Data Sender.
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Click on the drop-down list to see all the wifi networks found by a4GATE. If the list
does not show your desired network, please press the "Apply" button after setting
the connection type to wifi and click the "Reload" button next to "Data Sender".
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Select the desired network from the drop-down list.
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If you want to connect to a hidden network you can always enter the SSID
manually.
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If the selected network require a password you can insert it in the "Password"
field, otherwise you can leave it blank.
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If you want to set a dynamic connection choose "DHCP".
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Move to "Test connection". This section is for testing reachability by pinging one
or more devices in the Data Sender network.
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Insert the IP Address to test in the "Add address" field.
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Click the "Add" button to the right of the "Add address" field to add the IP to the
list.
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Type the number of pings you want to send during the test in the "Ping Number"
field.
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Click the "Test Connection" button. The test can be performed on multiple IPs at
the same time. The list of IPs is displayed above the button. When you click the
button, the test will be performed on all items in the list. Note: You can remove IPs
from the list using the "Delete" button.
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In the "Ping Result" tab, click on an IP to open the list of pings sent. (In the
example, the test is on 3 different IPs).
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Click on a single ping to view the specific result. (In the example, 3 pings were sent
to the IP).
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As you can see, we have a green mark in the "Result" tab, which means the test
was successful. If the test was negative, we would have a red mark. For each
request on each IP address you can also see the round trip time, if the ping was
successful.
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Move to "Static Routes".
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Click the "+" icon to add a new static route. You can also edit an existing route by
clicking the "pencil" icon or delete a route by clicking the "red trash" icon.
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When you click on the "+" icon to add a new route, a "Add new line" tab appears.
Enter the "Subnetwork/Subnet Mask". Note: 10.1.4.1 is written as 10.1.4.1/24.
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Insert the Gateway IP address without Subnet Mask inside the "Gateway" field.
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Click the "Ok" button to add the new static route to the table.
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Move to "NTP".
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Select the 'NTP Server' checkbox to use a custom NTP server instead of the default
(Use NTP from Gatemanager). If "Use NTP from Gatemanager" is set, the Data
Sender will synchronize the time by taking it from an NTP server defined on
Gatemanager. In this case it will obviously be necessary for the Data Sender to be
able to reach Gatemanager.
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Enter one or several custom IP addresses in the new "Custom NTP" field. If you
want several IP separe them with a comma ",". Example: 192.1.1.0, 10.50.0.0, ...
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Move to "NAT". This feature is to enable NAT feature on Data Sender.
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Select the "NAT Feature" checkbox to enable NAT. Remember that bidirectionality
must be open in order to use it.
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Select the "Machine to internet" checkbox to enable this option. It allows machine
network devices to reach Data Sender network.
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Move to "Port alias". This section is for creating aliases that can be used in
subsequent settings for firewall rules. You can, for example, define the alias
"any_ip" mapped to "0.0.0.0/0," so later you can directly write "any_ip" to indicate
that some firewall rule should reference any IP address.
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Click the "+" icon to add a new port alias. You can also edit an existing alias by
clicking the "pencil" icon, or delete one by clicking the "red trash" icon.
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If you click on the "+" icon to add a new alias, a "Add new line" tab will appear. Fill
in the "Alias" and "Value" fields.
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You can now click the "Ok" button.
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Move to "Firewall rules".
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Click on the "+" icon to add a new Firewall rule. You can also edit an existing
Firewall rule, by clicking on the "pencil" icon, or delete one by clicking on the "red
trash" icon. In this section you can set which TCP ports can accept incoming
connections and from which IP this can be done.
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When you click the "+" icon to add a new firewall rule, a "Add new line" tab will
appear. Select an external TCP port from the "External TCP Ports" drop-down
menu.
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Select a source from the "Source" drop-down menu.
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You can now click the "Save" button.
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Move to "Port forwarding". This feature is used to expose one or more ports of
one or more IP addresses in the machine network to a port of one or more IP
addresses of the Data Sender. Obviously NAT and Bidirectionality must be
enabled.
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Click on the "+" icon to add a new Forward TCP port. You can also edit an existing
Forward TCP port, by clicking on the "pencil" icon, or delete one by clicking on the
"red trash" icon.
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You can now click the "Save" button.
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Click the "Apply" button to apply the new configurations.
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Select the "Firewall service status" to disable Firewall service status. Remember to
click "Apply".
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Disable the firewall only if you really need it.
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Select the "Reboot Data Sender" checkbox to reboot the Data Sender. Click the
"Apply" button to start the reboot.
